I know, I know. Its been a while since I wrote anything in this thing we call a life line to family. I'm sorry for that and will keep it up a little better but like my wonderful sister-in law said "no news is good news",and that is how its been. I have been getting up going on the road at 5:30 am and getting to work by 6:30 am and going home falling asleep and going back again. its been a tough couple of weeks at work now that we are taking care of the home users customers. It was that we just took care of government and large businesses and took care of there computers , I will give you an example.
A guy calls in from either a government job or large business who is an IT professional and says whether its the hard drive or motherboard etc. etc. and says this is what I did to find out and that's what happened and we usually go in and send the part. but now we deal with the mom and pop shops that call in and say ummmm its broke. fix it. and my personal favorite "hey wheres the power button., when I hear that I imagine some hillbilly in overalls and buck teeth looking at the computer scratching his head saying well gooooooly whats it do?
With those you just take more time and have patents lots of it. I am now a huge fan of remote assistance. I just log on to there computer and they get wowed and I fix the issues and I am the hero (standing with fists on hips and cape flowing in the wind) OK OK got a little carried away there. but that's been it for the last little while . lets see... what else......... ohhh yeah!!!!!!! my colon is clear!!!!!!!!! and when you have been constipated and your finally able to clear it, well, you feel good. Damn good. I know that is not on your need to know list but hey its my blog and now I am feeling good so I'm sharing. HA HA HA
And now what I am going to talk about is more towards the upper part of my body, my heart.
I wanted to talk about my wife. I haven't done this or not often enough but I wanted all of you to know how truly wonderful she is and how much I love her. Now you know and I know we have had our ups and downs, and in the 13 and a half years we have been married its been the majority of downs. But when we are in the ups its absolutely amazing. she is kind, warm, caring loving the list goes on and on. Heather truly loves her family and we are all her family to (meaning my family) and she wants to just be there for them as well.
The last little while we have been in the ups and she has been very supportive ( even when I have to work late because I had to help some dude reformat his hard drive after admitting to me that he went to 27 different porn sites and got several viruses from them and said "well I really didn't think I needed them anti-virus thing-a-ma jigs because it was slowing me down" . Ummmmmm DUH yeah buddy , you just hosed yourself.
Anyway, I just wanted everyone to know that Heather and I are doing well, and we are living life one day at a time.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
My ode to 9/11
Yesterday was an historic anniversary. Seven years ago 2 jet air liners slammed themselves into the World Trade Center after being hijacked by terrorists. There where 2 other plan
es hijacked as well, one flying into the Pentagon and the other crashed in Pennsylvania.
I’m not going to go into massive detail of how and why things happened because you have seen and heard it all on TV or the Internet. The events that happened that day hit all of us in some way or another. For me the attack in New York was not just an attack, it was personal.
I went on m
y mission to New York city. I had the honor and privilege to go to the World Trade Center and be on the top and look down and see the city. Every where I went I could see those two buildings. I knew
I couldn't get lost because there they where.
I was there when the first bombing of the trade center happened In 1993. There was a lot of chaos and confusion. I was in Queens at the time it happened. After the heat settled and things were made known as to what happened, the repairs were underway and the north tower fixed and life in New York was on the verge of being normal again. It w
as then I able to visit the towers for the second time.
Their was a tradition that took place on the observation deck of the south tower, (tower 2). What was at first graffiti turned into something that was cool. On the observation deck you have a huge view of the city. You can see all 5 city Boroughs Ma
nhattan
, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Bronx. You can also see parts of upstate New York and you can see New Jersey. As you are up there looking down there was a hand railing. Under the hand railing was the cool thing. There were signatures of everyone and the date they were there under that railing. I was privileged to sign it as well.
When I got the news about the
attacks I was on my way to work. I was listening to the radio and at that time they were thinking that a plane accidentally ran into the building. When I got to work and got things up and running that when I got the total news. I couldn’t work well at all for the rest of the day. It felt like a part of me went down with those buildings.
So I make this little tribute to the men and women that died and those that saved lives. Also to my friends th
at live there. These are pictures that I took while I was there.
es hijacked as well, one flying into the Pentagon and the other crashed in Pennsylvania.I’m not going to go into massive detail of how and why things happened because you have seen and heard it all on TV or the Internet. The events that happened that day hit all of us in some way or another. For me the attack in New York was not just an attack, it was personal.
I went on m
y mission to New York city. I had the honor and privilege to go to the World Trade Center and be on the top and look down and see the city. Every where I went I could see those two buildings. I knew
I couldn't get lost because there they where.I was there when the first bombing of the trade center happened In 1993. There was a lot of chaos and confusion. I was in Queens at the time it happened. After the heat settled and things were made known as to what happened, the repairs were underway and the north tower fixed and life in New York was on the verge of being normal again. It w
as then I able to visit the towers for the second time.Their was a tradition that took place on the observation deck of the south tower, (tower 2). What was at first graffiti turned into something that was cool. On the observation deck you have a huge view of the city. You can see all 5 city Boroughs Ma
nhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Bronx. You can also see parts of upstate New York and you can see New Jersey. As you are up there looking down there was a hand railing. Under the hand railing was the cool thing. There were signatures of everyone and the date they were there under that railing. I was privileged to sign it as well.
When I got the news about the
attacks I was on my way to work. I was listening to the radio and at that time they were thinking that a plane accidentally ran into the building. When I got to work and got things up and running that when I got the total news. I couldn’t work well at all for the rest of the day. It felt like a part of me went down with those buildings.So I make this little tribute to the men and women that died and those that saved lives. Also to my friends th
at live there. These are pictures that I took while I was there.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Just a few updates
Hello family and friends
I wanted to update you guys on a few things.
1. Mom and Dad's house looks great. the metal roof is on and the fence is back up. the roof makes the house shine along with the new paint job. Mom says she loves it and is continuing to make further improvements. I didn't get a picture but I will do that soon.
2. I found a great piece of software with the help of my friend Matt. For me its new but I'm sure most of you have heard of this and could be using it as we speak but its called DVD shrink. I can now back up some of my DVD's and save them on the hard drive. after a time I will get some DVD r's and dvd rw's and then burn them to the disk. I can even watch them from the computer with out putting in a dvd, if you would like here is the link.
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_shrink.cfm
I can shrink movies down small enough that I can watch them on my Palm PDA, only one movie at a time but I can take a movie with me, HEE HEE
3. My wife got me a new razor. Its the
Schick Quattro Titanium Trimmer Razor
Its nice. It has clippers on the end so you can trim your beard to a nice fine beard or goatee. or shave a smooth as an androids bottom.
http://www.target.com/Schick-Quattro-Titanium-Trimmer-Razor/dp/B0014WHGM8
4. I thought I would save this for last.
It was quite the party last night. I was at the computer and I could hear allot of laughing and cackling. I walked out of the house and I saw the strangest sight. Across the street were several neighbors (including my beloved wife) sitting in lawn chairs and blankets like they were watching a football game. but they were watching the other neighbors next to me who were drunk as skunks.
They were Laughing and some singing but allot of passing out. One guy passed out and they put him on the trampoline. there was so much beer and vodka that if they burped (or farted ) and a match was lit, well think of a nuclear explosion. As of right now I have not seen any movement from the house so I think they are still sleeping it off.
I wanted to update you guys on a few things.
1. Mom and Dad's house looks great. the metal roof is on and the fence is back up. the roof makes the house shine along with the new paint job. Mom says she loves it and is continuing to make further improvements. I didn't get a picture but I will do that soon.
2. I found a great piece of software with the help of my friend Matt. For me its new but I'm sure most of you have heard of this and could be using it as we speak but its called DVD shrink. I can now back up some of my DVD's and save them on the hard drive. after a time I will get some DVD r's and dvd rw's and then burn them to the disk. I can even watch them from the computer with out putting in a dvd, if you would like here is the link.
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_shrink.cfm
I can shrink movies down small enough that I can watch them on my Palm PDA, only one movie at a time but I can take a movie with me, HEE HEE
3. My wife got me a new razor. Its the
Schick Quattro Titanium Trimmer Razor
Its nice. It has clippers on the end so you can trim your beard to a nice fine beard or goatee. or shave a smooth as an androids bottom.
http://www.target.com/Schick-Quattro-Titanium-Trimmer-Razor/dp/B0014WHGM8
4. I thought I would save this for last.
It was quite the party last night. I was at the computer and I could hear allot of laughing and cackling. I walked out of the house and I saw the strangest sight. Across the street were several neighbors (including my beloved wife) sitting in lawn chairs and blankets like they were watching a football game. but they were watching the other neighbors next to me who were drunk as skunks.
They were Laughing and some singing but allot of passing out. One guy passed out and they put him on the trampoline. there was so much beer and vodka that if they burped (or farted ) and a match was lit, well think of a nuclear explosion. As of right now I have not seen any movement from the house so I think they are still sleeping it off.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Well anyhow, getten to be that time of year, eh?
Has anyone noticed the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer? has anyone noticed that the temperature is not as hot as it was. And guess what I saw in TV? pre football. Yep that's what I'm saying. its getting cooler and actually its become
my favorite time of year, Fall. Or to other people Autumn.
my favorite time of year, Fall. Or to other people Autumn.
Two days ago the temp dropped and the clouds came in right as the sun was going down. it made some great colors as you can see in the photos. It started to rain a little 
but made a really cool rainbow. Well for those of you who love this time of year and are hunters get your AK 57 Uzi radar laser triple barrel double scoped heat seeking shot guns ready to get that thirty point buck. Enjoy the fall season.
but made a really cool rainbow. Well for those of you who love this time of year and are hunters get your AK 57 Uzi radar laser triple barrel double scoped heat seeking shot guns ready to get that thirty point buck. Enjoy the fall season.
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